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[weener]

Hey dudes. My hombre was cleaning out the storage closet at Trunk Space the other day when he found these two guitar pedals that some band had left over a year ago. Not sure if it was a local band or a touring band. It's a Dean Markley PT-13 chromatic tuner, and an Ibanez Tube Screamer, I think from 1984. They look just like this:



Did anyone own these and lose them at a show? It was a long time ago and no one ever came back for them. But I don't wanna just sell them on eBay without making sure they don't belong to someone.

[skeksis]

if that's a real 1984 TS-9, instead of a more recent reissue, there's a sad guitarist out there somewhere...

(you'll wanna know real vs reissue before posting to ebay - could mean a difference of a couple hundred bucks)

[donald]

'weener', on 31 Aug 2010 - 8:20 PM, said:

Hey dudes. My hombre was cleaning out the storage closet at Trunk Space the other day when he found these two guitar pedals that some band had left over a year ago. Not sure if it was a local band or a touring band. It's a Dean Markley PT-13 chromatic tuner, and an Ibanez Tube Screamer, I think from 1984. They look just like this:



Did anyone own these and lose them at a show? It was a long time ago and no one ever came back for them. But I don't wanna just sell them on eBay without making sure they don't belong to someone.

how much would you sell the tube screamer for if nobody claims it?

[weener]

'skeksis', on 31 Aug 2010 - 8:43 PM, said:

if that's a real 1984 TS-9, instead of a more recent reissue, there's a sad guitarist out there somewhere...

(you'll wanna know real vs reissue before posting to ebay - could mean a difference of a couple hundred bucks)

How can you tell? All I've done was go on eBay and find the photos it looks most like.

'donald', on 31 Aug 2010 - 8:43 PM, said:

how much would you sell the tube screamer for if nobody claims it?

Donald - I'm not sure about that. I'll PM you when I find out when it was really made.

[raubhimself]

Here is a good page detailing the difference in versions:
http://www.analogman.com/tshist.htm

Scroll down to "TS9 originals VS reissues"

[weener]

Thanks, Raub. I'll check it out when I get home. I think the label on the bottom might not be there anymore, but I will check.

[weener]

As I thought, the label with the serial number is missing. It has a battery cover like the older pedals. I'll have to crack it open and see what kind of chip it has.

[weener]

This pedal has a TA75558 chip in it. I'm still not sure whether it's an original or a reissue. According to this page, this chip was featured in most of the originals and all of the reissues. With no way to prove that it's an original, I guess it's best to assume it's a reissue...?

[donald]

i've been thinking about this for a bit and I have come to the realization I don't really need another distortion pedal.

Even if it is an original (but probably not)

[skeksis]

green coated resistors? date codes on capacitors? :-) post a picture of the circuit board, we can probably tell you.

I don't need one of these either... but shoot, who knows?

I'd say best assume it's a reissue, but might as well do the research.

[weener]

You guys are the best.







The resistors have a brownish coating. And capacitor date stamps? Beats the heck out of me.

[distort]

'weener', on 01 Sept 2010 - 06:45 AM, said:

You guys are the best.







The resistors have a brownish coating. And capacitor date stamps? Beats the heck out of me.

reissue

[weener]

Bada bing! What tipped you off?

[distort]

that op amp chip is a TA75558P which i believe were the stock chips in later models. The original ts9s had the same chip as the 808, JRC 4558.

[Tony]

'distort', on 01 Sept 2010 - 09:53 AM, said:

that op amp chip is a TA75558P which i believe were the stock chips in later models. The original ts9s had the same chip as the 808, JRC 4558.

geez, weener, i can't believe you didn't know that.